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Marcia Andrew
MUSA Citizen Joined: Jan 09 2010 Status: Offline Points: 365 |
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The interest of the school district in purchasing this property, as well as the other 4 houses that jut into the high school site, has been discussed in public before, more than once. This particular purchase was not discussed in public until the property was under contract, for obvious reasons. The house was put on the market for 189,900. The district opened with a very low offer. $175,000 was the negotiated price and is within fair market value given the condition of the home and the sizeable acreage.
Vet, we know why we bought the property. It adds 1.3 acres to the high school site where we want to add a middle school. What Long said is we don't know exactly how that 1.3 acres will be utilized until the experts do their planning and site drawings. But we are completely sure that a larger overall property will give us more options, and that the corner of the high school property where this house sits is particularly cramped. The community has been very vocal in indicating that they prefer the middle school to be on the same site with the high school. This extra acreage gives more flexibility in placing the middle school on the site while allowing for sufficient driveways in and out of the property. Frankly, right now the traffic flow at the high school is very awkward and cramped, due in large part to how this property abuts into the site. This additional land will be a substantial benefit to the high school even if the bond levy fails and the district is never able to build a middle school on the high school site. Processor, the thought is to use the house as temporary construction office for the first phases of construction, ultimately tearing it down and moving the driveway to the new edge of the larger site.
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Miss Kitty
MUSA Immigrant Joined: Oct 29 2012 Status: Offline Points: 61 |
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Why didn't the city of Middletown purchase the property and give it to the school board? That is what the city does with all the other properties they purchase. How does the school board expect the people of this community to PAY more taxes and get nothing in return. The schools we have now are not even maintained properly. Use the buildings we have and stop pushing levies down our throats. jmo
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bumper
MUSA Citizen Joined: Feb 01 2010 Location: over here Status: Offline Points: 307 |
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what else would schools do with leftovers, $175,000 laying around ?? other than shoot it !! and wish for more..
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Neil Barille
MUSA Resident Joined: Jul 07 2010 Status: Offline Points: 238 |
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Unless the interior was extraordinary, they overpaid a bit for this house.
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itsamee
MUSA Resident Joined: May 03 2013 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 154 |
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If its the house I'm thinking it is, its a nice little piece of property. I would have guessed in the $150,000 range myself....
Now, let's just see if this bond passes. Sounds a little like chickens have been counted before the hatchings...
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Itsa me, mario!
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processor
MUSA Resident Joined: May 07 2013 Status: Offline Points: 151 |
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I can understand why the district would want this property as it does increase the building options and will probably help traffic flow, but what I don't understand is how the district can both use the property for a construction office and simultaneously use it for additional building space. Maybe the site will only be used for a parking lot or driveway which can come after the construction.
The savings for the construction company being passed to the district makes sense to me. Sure the construction company would incur the cost of a temporary office but they are in this to make money and the lower their cost the lower the cost to the district and to the taxpayer provided George does a good job of negotiating the contract.
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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Today's Journal....
Middletown school board moves to purchase property 1.3-acre site will be incorporated into middle school, high school campus MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown school district is expanding the size of its high school campus with a recent pending purchase approved by the board of education. A sale is set to close July 31 for the school district to purchase a 1,700-square-foot home at 4500 Manchester Road, said George Long, business manager. The property came on the market in June and the district worked with a real estate agent to secure a purchase price of $175,000 — under the asking price of $190,000. ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS PRIVATE PROPERTY PURCHASE? WAS THIS TALKED ABOUT IN PUBLIC CIRCLES UNTIL NOW? I LIKE THIS REASONING..... “Although we’re not sure how the exact use of it will be … the key is it gives us more flexibility as we design the new middle school and high school,” Long said. “We can’t control when properties maybe come on the market so we made a move to secure this property because we feel it will be in the best long-term advantage of the district.” OK, THE REASON FOR PURCHASE, EVEN THOUGH THEY AREN"T SURE WHY THEY'RE BUYING THE PROPERTY, IS THAT THEY "CAN'T CONTROL WHEN PROPERTIES MAY BE ON THE MARKET SO THEY MADE THE MOVE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY" WHAT DID HE SAY? Long said the district is using leftover funds from the last bond issue to purchase the home on Manchester Road, which sits on a 1.3-acre site on the northeast side of the high school property near the Manchester building BUT MR. LONG, THE PUBLIC, WHO APPROVED THOSE BOND LEVIES, WEREN'T TOLD THIS PURCHASE WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE PLAN. THIS IS AN EXTRA THROWN ON THE PILE WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL. “The district has for many years said that if any of these properties become available they would like to own them, because it does give us the ability to expand the high school site and better work through our facilitation of that site,” Long said SO, LIKE THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN THE BUSINESS OF PURCHASING PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR.......WHAT REASON AGAIN??? "ABILITY TO EXPAND THE HIGH SCHOOL SITE AND BETTER WORK THROUGH OUR FACILITATION OF THAT SITE". WHAT? THIS IS JIBBERISH. EXPANDING THE SCHOOL CAMPUS BY PURCHASING ADJACENT PRIVATE PROPERTIES.....AND THIS WILL DO WHAT FOR THE CAMPUSES? Long said the use of a temporary construction office inside the property is permitted. Long said during the impending middle school and high school construction, a construction manager would have typically spent money to mobilize construction trailers and portable restrooms. “This house can be used for that temporary use for a savings of $50,000 across three years to offset the cost of this house,” Long said. “It gives us more flexibility and more of an opportunity to better use this site.” SHOULDN'T YOU REQUIRE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCUR THE COST OF HOUSING IN THE CONTRACT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE? WHY IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT (TAXPAYER) INCURING THE COST THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY NORMALLY IS REPONSIBLE FOR? |
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